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Finding Renewal Through Faith and Opportunity this…
Blessings to you and your family from the entire Opportunity International family. This Easter, as we commemorate Jesus’s crucifixion and celebrate His resurrection, I’m reminded that resurrection…
Read MoreAt Lent, How Do You Recharge to Find Purpose?
As we near the end of winter and enter spring, many of us celebrate Lent, the six weeks leading up to Easter. It’s a time of quiet and peace, as winter leaves a stillness in the air, as if the earth…
Read MoreHunger is Not a Game
My 14-year-old daughter Hannah was upset at me for failing to read the book before seeing the movie. At 12:01 a.m. on Friday, I was one of the thousands of people who turned out to view The Hunger Games…
Read More“The Hype is Long Over” – Microfinance CEOs Respond…
The following post was published today on the Center for Financial Inclusion’s blog. The Microfinance CEO Working Group consists of the CEOs of leading microfinance organizations ACCION, FINCA International,…
Read MoreMeet Our Staff: A Closing Interview with AJ Renold…
AJ Renold, mountain trekker, pizza maker, kite surfer, manager of business development and donor relations for Opportunity International Tanzania, hails from Chicago, Ill. He joined Opportunity-US as an…
Read MoreA Photo Tour of Colombia & Nicaragua Insight Trip
In January we had the chance to visit Colombia and Nicaragua on one of our first Insight Trips of 2012. We could write pages and pages about the trip and all that happened, but sometimes, pictures just…
Read MorePartnering with Nicaraguan Yucca Farmers to Increase…
A pungent, unfamiliar, almost rancid but still sweet, scent hit my nostrils: freshly ground yucca meets a growling grinder. Five men man the contraption: one filling the large funnel, one jamming a large…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading: Top 10 Posts on International…
As we close out the week, I’m reflecting on some of the articles published in honor of yesterday’s International Women’s Day. Here are just a few of the provocative, interesting, inspiring and even…
Read MoreMeet the Women of Opportunity
Today, on International Women’s Day, the world comes together to celebrate the achievements, strength and rights of women. On this day, we can all take a few extra moments to see and feel the connections…
Read MoreAgricultural Finance - The Opportunity Difference
Learn how Opportunity International’s agricultural finance initiative equips farmers with the services they need to move from subsistence to economically and commercially active farming, thus increasing…
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